Results 1-20 of 50 for smoking speaker:Tessa Jowell

WHO Environment and Health Conference (15 Jun 1999)

Ms Tessa Jowell: ...Mr. Colman) has said, there are others, including the important issue of children's health and the environment, with the focus, which I particularly welcome, on the impact of environmental tobacco smoke. Progress on the implementation of national environmental health action plans will be considered. The updated report will be published shortly. I hope that he will recognise at that time...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Drug Addiction (4 May 1999)

Ms Tessa Jowell: ...tobacco taxation, whereas the right hon. Member for South-West Surrey (Mrs. Bottomley), a former Secretary of State for Health, claimed that tobacco taxation is crucial in reducing deaths caused by smoking. We have double-speak from the Opposition, and once again we have Tory disarray.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Smokers (Health Care Charges) (30 Mar 1999)

Ms Tessa Jowell: ...have seen the reports, to which my hon. Friend refers, of the right hon. Member for South-West Surrey (Mrs. Bottomley) not supporting a ban on tobacco advertising. We know that our strategy against smoking, particularly to reduce smoking among young people, will not work unless we ban tobacco advertising, which is why we will ban tobacco advertising. We know that smoking is the single...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Smokers (Health Care Charges) (30 Mar 1999)

Ms Tessa Jowell: ...wondered how the hon. Gentleman might be an example to the young people of this nation: this afternoon, he has revealed to the House that young people can admire him for the fact that he gave up smoking.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Smokers (Health Care Charges) (30 Mar 1999)

Ms Tessa Jowell: I am delighted to join my hon. Friend in congratulating the leadership shown in Birmingham in declaring itself a smoke-free city. We hope that, as we implement the agreement to extend smoke-free public places, other cities will enjoy the benefits that the people of Birmingham are enjoying.

Prayers: Teenage Pregnancy (24 Mar 1999)

Ms Tessa Jowell: ...that have been raised. We know that young people believe that they are immortal, and that is why there is such a clear link between the risks that young people take in terms of unprotected sex, smoking, alcohol, drugs and even dangerous driving. More than 90,000 teenagers become pregnant every year, and nearly 500,000 sexually transmitted infections in teenagers are diagnosed every year....

Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Bill: Women (8 Mar 1999)

Ms Tessa Jowell: ...issues that young women face today are significantly different from those of a generation ago. Britain has the highest rate of teenage motherhood in western Europe. By the age of 15, one in three young women smoke regularly, compared with one in four boys. The number of young women drinking more than 14 units of alcohol a week, which is more than is good for them, has increased over the...

Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Bill: Women (8 Mar 1999)

Ms Tessa Jowell: ..., showing two old ladies in the bleak austerity of a home for the elderly. They were wrapped in blankets and there was absolutely no sign of pleasure around them. One was saying to the other, "Just imagine, Mavis. I gave up smoking for this." The challenge is huge. Our better government for older people programme will have an impact on several fronts: for example, by improving the services...

Oral Answers to Questions — Nicotine Replacement Therapy (2 Mar 1999)

Ms Tessa Jowell: Up to £60 million will be available over the next three years, initially in health action zones, to develop smoking cessation services. Part of those funds will provide for the distribution of one week's nicotine replacement therapy free of charge to those smokers least able to afford it.

Oral Answers to Questions — Nicotine Replacement Therapy (2 Mar 1999)

Ms Tessa Jowell: It is intended that, following assessment of the effectiveness of smoking cessation services in health action zones after the first year, there will be further cessation services and free nicotine replacement therapy in the subsequent two years. This is intended to be a national programme. It is important to link the scheme with its original purpose. We as a Government have committed...

Oral Answers to Questions — Nicotine Replacement Therapy (2 Mar 1999)

Ms Tessa Jowell: ...is a matter for the Chancellor. We may well hear more about it next week. As for the right hon. Gentleman's broader point, we are determined to ensure that each of the measures set out in "Smoking Kills", the tobacco White Paper, is implemented and assessed in relation to its effectiveness. We must also ensure that the money invested is invested in saving lives from smoking, and tackling...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Cancer Patients (Drugs) (15 Dec 1998)

Ms Tessa Jowell: The title of the White Paper—"Smoking Kills"—is a statement of fact. My hon. Friend is right to suggest that we will not make progress in tackling cancer or heart disease unless we reduce the number of deaths from smoking. He will know that the measures set out in the White Paper include an agreement with the Health and Safety Commission for consultation on the establishment of an...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Tobacco (15 Dec 1998)

Ms Tessa Jowell: The White Paper, "Smoking Kills" was published on 10 December 1998.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Tobacco (15 Dec 1998)

Ms Tessa Jowell: ...that achievement will come through the combined efforts of Government and other organisations that can deliver solutions to the many problems that arise. At the centre of our concern about smoking is the objective of cutting the number of children who take it up in the first place. My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the staggering figure of an estimated 450 children a day taking up...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Tobacco (15 Dec 1998)

Ms Tessa Jowell: ...will set clear targets for tackling heart disease, especially in areas where the rate is high, such as my hon. Friend's constituency. I reiterate the point I made earlier: that the White Paper "Smoking Kills" is a critical part of our battle against cancer and our battle to reduce unnecessary deaths from heart disease.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Tobacco (15 Dec 1998)

Ms Tessa Jowell: My hon. Friend will see from the White Paper that fiscal measures are part of the battle against smoking, because keeping the price up means that children are less likely to be able to afford them and to take up smoking in the first place. I emphasise the extent to which all the measures in the White Paper are based on the best available evidence that they work. Seven out of 10 smokers want...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: NHS (Development) (10 Nov 1998)

Ms Tessa Jowell: My hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is why I have recently had two meetings with the editors of teenage magazines, at which we discussed young people and smoking, and young people and teenage pregnancy. He is right that, if we want young people to listen and to hear what we have to say, it is much better if the information comes from the magazines that they read and the people to whom...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Tobacco White Paper (10 Nov 1998)

Ms Tessa Jowell: ...school nurses have a very important role to play in this, as do parents and teachers and the whole range of professionals with whom children come into contact. Measures to prevent children from smoking are already an important part of the healthy schools programme and will feature very specifically in the tobacco White Paper.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Premature Deaths (28 Jul 1998)

Ms Tessa Jowell: The harmful effects of tobacco are well researched and documented—most recently, by the Scientific Committee on Tobacco and Health. An estimated 120,000 people die every year from smoking or smoking-related causes. The latest evidence on the harmful effects of alcohol on health was analysed thoroughly in the preparation for the 1995 sensible drinking reports, the recommendations of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Premature Deaths (28 Jul 1998)

Ms Tessa Jowell: I made it clear that, every year, more than 120,000 people die from smoking or smoking-related causes. I did not identify those who died under the age of 75, but, with life expectancy increasing, it is absolutely clear that, for people who smoke, the chances of dying from tobacco or tobacco-related causes are increased by something like 100 per cent. Half of smokers die from causes related...